Chapter 172: Human Heart is Unpredictable
Shen Shixu rushed to the backyard, and when he saw Xiao Lie and Baili Xi, he was shocked by their appearance.
The two people looked much more weathered after being exposed to the elements for more than half a month.
Xiao Lie has a bit of a tough uncle vibe, while Baili Xi is more like a damaged rose.
"Weren't you two busy? How did you look so haggard? It feels like you two haven't been away for more than a month, but more like six or seven years."
When Xiao Lie heard Shen Shixu mention the treasure hunt, he waved his hand weakly and said, “Next time you mention treasure hunt, I won’t go even if you kill me. Damn, those traps are easy to deal with.
The human heart is so damn hard to figure out! ”
Shen Shixu sat down next to Baili Xi, and seeing that Xiao Lie looked shocked, he did not dare to ask him, but asked Baili Xi instead.
"Ah Xi, what happened? Why does my uncle look like he's been hit so hard?"
"Alas!" Baili Xi also sighed, and then slowly said: "Your uncle was betrayed by his most trusted companion this time. If we hadn't been lucky enough to find a secret passage hidden in the treasure trove and got out from there, I'm afraid we would have to wait for you to collect our body!"
011 released the live broadcast at this time. Shen Shixu watched the live broadcast while listening to Baili Xi's narration.
The person who wrote to Xiao Lie and told him that he had discovered the treasure was Xiao Lie's best friend who had been in the martial arts world for many years. The two of them had experienced life and death together many times and they trusted each other the most.
So when he revealed the treasure location to us this time, we never thought it was a setup.
We also asked him to connect us with the leader so that we could go treasure hunting together. We never expected that the leader of this treasure hunt was actually him.
Because we didn't dare to let others know about the treasure trove, we avoided people along the way and slept in the open air. But for the sake of the treasure trove, no one complained about the hard work.
After several rounds of research and exploration, we finally found the location of the treasure, which was a huge underground palace.
It took us most of the day to dig through the entrance to the underground palace. It was already dark by then, so there was no way we could go in the next day.
We got up early the next morning, had breakfast, and went down to the underground palace with weapons and dry food.
The underground palace was very large, so we were divided into two groups. Ali, that guy and I were in one group.
We encountered many traps along the way, but the three of us cooperated well and we got through safely without any mistakes. ”
The live broadcast showed the three of them breaking through the trap. First they encountered a rain of arrows triggered by the trap, then rolling rocks, poison gas, and a gigantic mutant python...
"We narrowly escaped from all the traps and finally found the place where the treasure was hidden. It was exactly as he told us, with many priceless treasures.
Just as Ali and I were choosing treasures, the man sneaked out and pressed the mechanism to trap the two of us inside.
Ali couldn't believe that the man would betray him and asked him why! The man said that he had disliked Ali for a long time. He was indeed grateful to Ali for saving him from danger in the past, but later Ali's fame grew. He first became equal to him, then surpassed him, and finally became someone he could not reach.
Once a person loses his inner balance, he will no longer be himself. So when he got the treasure map, he decided on the place where Ali would die in his mind.
Before leaving, he did not forget to mock us, saying that he was already kind enough and still cared about our past affection.
That’s why we chose such a place for Ali, so that we can have so many burial objects after we die, which is not much worse than the royal family. ”
Shen Shixu was angry just by listening to it, not to mention that Xiao Lie had experienced it personally.
“We tried to open the door, but found that it could only be opened from the outside.
We had very little dry food left, and just when we thought we were going to be trapped there to death, we discovered rats there. We followed the rats and found the secret passage.
That’s why he wasn’t trapped there to death!
After I went out, I first went to seek revenge on that man, and then turned back to choose wedding gifts for you. So I came back late and missed your and Jin Yi’s wedding banquet! ”
Shen Shixu patted Bailixi's hand, saying to him as well as Xiao Lie, "What's the big deal? We are a family, how could we get angry with you over such a small matter? You can come back safely, this is the most worthwhile thing to be happy about.
And it’s not a big deal if you can’t make it to the wedding banquet. We’ll arrange for someone to make up for it for you later! ”
Xiao Lie smiled and pushed the box on the table closer to him, "Okay! We have to drink at the wedding, and we won't go home until we're drunk tonight.
But before you drink the wedding wine, please open and take a look at the wedding gifts we gave you. ”
Shen Shixu opened the box excitedly. He was almost blinded by the light. Inside was a whole box of luminous pearls, both large and small.
Some are as big as his fist, and some are as small as pearls.
In addition to the night-shining pearls, there were also a bunch of fine eastern pearls mixed in. The size and glossiness of those eastern pearls were better than those on Queen Lin’s phoenix crown.
Shen Shixu looked at the Dongzhu beads, and then thought of the scene he had just seen in the live broadcast, and had a guess in his mind.
"You are probably going to hunt for treasures, or to rob tombs. Dongzhu is something that ordinary people cannot get at any time, especially this kind of top-notch product.
The person who could hide Dongzhu of this level must be someone of very high status. Is it still possible to enter that place now? I also want Jinyi to take me there to see it! ”
Baili Xi shook his head regretfully and said, "No! When we were seeking revenge, there was a lot of noise, and when we went to that place again, we were followed.
The place should have been emptied out by now. If you and Jin Yi go to take a look, you can only see some unwanted scraps left. ”
Shen Shixu felt it was a pity to hear this, he hadn’t even seen the underground palace yet!
After Xiao Lie realized that it was someone else's tomb, he felt it was unlucky and even wanted to take back the box of Night Pearls and Eastern Pearls and prepare new wedding gifts for Shen Shixu and the others.
"Since that place is someone else's grave, these things are burial objects. Giving them to you as wedding gifts is really unlucky. Should we prepare them for you again?"
After hearing what Xiao Lie said, Baili Xi felt that he was right.
Shen Shixu didn't want to let them take risks anymore, "This is also good, these things can be used as burial objects for Jin Yi and me!"
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